Conservation Through the Artists Eye 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM American landscape paintings have inspired conservationists for over 100 years. See paintings
by Hudson River School artists on this 90-minute walk
through the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Mansion, and
discover how their landscape paintings profoundly influenced the develop ment of a conservation ethic.
more...
Advance Preview of Ken Burn`s The National Parks - America`s Best Idea 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM Join a park ranger for a one-hour multi-media journey through the heart of America`s national parks including an advance peek at Ken Burn`s new film The National Parks America`s Best Idea which premieres fall 2009. more...
Saturday 10/17/2009
Causes and Consequences: The Civil War Home Front in Woodstock, Vermont 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM This 2-hour ranger-guided tour includes some of the most significant historic sites in Woodstock. Included are places associated with the Underground Railroad, abolition meetings, the town`s free African-American community, and Woodstock`s pivotal role in the Union war effort in Vermont. more...
Advance Preview of Ken Burn`s The National Parks - America`s Best Idea 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM Join a park ranger for a one-hour multi-media journey through the heart of America`s national parks including an advance peek at Ken Burn`s new film The National Parks America`s Best Idea which premieres fall 2009. more...
Conservation Through the Artists Eye 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM American landscape paintings have inspired conservationists for over 100 years. See paintings
by Hudson River School artists on this 90-minute walk
through the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Mansion, and
discover how their landscape paintings profoundly influenced the develop ment of a conservation ethic.
more...
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Did You Know?
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP offers the system's first Civil War Home Front tour. 11 African-American veterans of the 54th Massachusetts are buried adjacent to the park. The Shaw Memorial, immortalizing the 54th, can be seen at Saint Gaudens NHS and Boston African-American NHS.